| import React from 'react'; | |
| import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext'; | |
| import Layout from '@theme/Layout'; | |
| import LearnMore from './learn-more.mdx'; | |
| export default function About() { | |
| return ( | |
| <Layout title="About Apache CloudStack"> | |
| <header> | |
| <div className="container"> | |
| <div className="row"> | |
| <div className="col"> | |
| <h1 className="section-title text-center mb-5">About Apache CloudStack</h1> | |
| <div> | |
| <h2 className="text-center">What is Apache CloudStack?</h2> | |
| <p> | |
| Apache CloudStack is a top-level project of the Apache Software | |
| Foundation (ASF). The project develops open source software for | |
| deploying public and private Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) | |
| clouds. <br/> CloudStack provides an open and flexible cloud | |
| orchestration platform to deliver reliable and scalable private and | |
| public clouds. What does that <strong>mean</strong>, exactly? | |
| </p> | |
| <p> | |
| Apache CloudStack is a Java-based project that provides a management | |
| server and agents (if needed) for hypervisor hosts so that you can run | |
| an IaaS cloud. Some, but not all, of the features and functionality | |
| provided by CloudStack: | |
| </p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li> | |
| Works with hosts running XenServer/XCP, KVM, Hyper-V, and/or VMware | |
| ESXi with vSphere | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| Provides a friendly Web-based UI for managing the cloud | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| Provides a native <a href="/api" alt="api overview">API</a>. | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| May provide an Amazon S3/EC2 compatible API (optional) | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| Manages storage for instances running on the hypervisors (primary | |
| storage) as well as templates, snapshots, and ISO images (secondary | |
| storage) | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| Orchestrates network services from the data link layer (L2) to some | |
| application layer (L7) services, such as DHCP, NAT, firewall, VPN, and | |
| so on | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| Accounting of network, compute, and storage resources | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| Multi-tenancy/account separation | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| User management | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p> | |
| In short, organizations can use Apache CloudStack to deploy a | |
| full-featured public or private IaaS cloud. | |
| </p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div> | |
| <h2>People of Apache CloudStack</h2> | |
| <p> | |
| Apache projects are managed by | |
| a <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#what-is-a-pmc" | |
| alt="link to description of what a PMC entails">Project Management | |
| Committee</a> <a href="/who">(PMC)</a>, and much of the work is done | |
| by the | |
| project's <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html" | |
| alt="link to committers">committers</a>. Note that committer status | |
| is <strong>not</strong> limited to developers, but is conferred to | |
| individuals who have made sustained contributions of high quality, and | |
| have shown a commitment to mentoring other contributors and following | |
| <a href="https://theapacheway.com" alt="the apache way dot com"> | |
| The Apache Way | |
| </a>. | |
| </p> | |
| <p> | |
| The current Vice President of Apache CloudStack and chair of the PMC, | |
| along with the full list of PMC members and committer contributors is | |
| available on the <a href="/who" alt="who are we"><strong>Who We | |
| Are</strong></a> page. | |
| </p> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </header> | |
| <LearnMore/> | |
| </Layout> | |
| ); | |
| } |